The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine – but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
JOSEPH JOUBERTGrace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
More Joseph Joubert Quotes
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Justice is the truth in action.
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Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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Never cut what you can untie.
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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
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A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
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You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
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